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| 677979 | 2008-06-13 00:07:00 | I have never even seen a water cooled comp., so will someone remove my ignorance? Is it a sealed system? Like a car's rariator? Or is it necessary to have water flowing through from a hose or simliar? The thought of water and electricity in such close proximity scares the daylights out of me. Have just ordered a new case that comes with "pre drilled" holes for water cooling. |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 677980 | 2008-06-13 00:13:00 | This (www.thermaltake.com) is my case. It's not all that scary at all, it's very much sealed up, hard for anything to go wrong. It works great for me, very very cold. In summer it cools the room rather than heating it, but all that will change when I get a new graphics card. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 677981 | 2008-06-13 00:13:00 | There are two systems, one has a water tank, the other is mostly self contained. A (usually) copper water block sits on the cpu, and has water fed to it by a pump. The water then goes through a plastic pipe to a radiator, like in a car, to cool it. More complex systems have multiple radiators, and water blocks for other components, such as GPU, Video RAM, Northbridges, Southbridges, and sometimes RAM. You can also get watercooled PSU's. You won't need water unless you're seriously overclocking. Or unless you're a quiet fiend. There is a squeemish factor involved, and if something goes wrong, you can be in trouble, but mostly they seem ok. |
Thebananamonkey (7741) | ||
| 677982 | 2008-06-13 00:19:00 | This (www.thermaltake.com) is my case. OMG... not to mention, very cheap. For what it is. I spent a small fortune on my case (not that much, but still) and it's nowhere near as good (cool) as that... Jealous doesn't cover it. |
Thebananamonkey (7741) | ||
| 677983 | 2008-06-13 00:50:00 | Mowahaha. ;) I'm really pleased with it. Only downside, and I mean the ONLY downside is the Thermaltake fans are far too noisy. Replace them with some better ones (which I haven't done yet) and it's all good. It's like a wind tunnel! :D It looks so sexual too, a real LAN Party machine. Needs a blue cathode behind the CD Drives, like in the pics on that website. It doesn't come with one... :lol: |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 677984 | 2008-06-13 01:14:00 | I also have a Kandalf case. I can water cool as the option is there for me to do so. I have not yet done so and probably will not. | Sweep (90) | ||
| 677985 | 2008-06-13 01:55:00 | Don't they come with water cooling units as stock? If so, why wouldn't you install it? I've been brooding about that case since I saw it. Man I wish I didn't buy the one I did. Mine's really loud too. Except it's my "silent" Zalman fan that's the culprit, I think. I should have just gone for the ugly, but proven, freezer pro 7. Not as pretty, but it's probably better. |
Thebananamonkey (7741) | ||
| 677986 | 2008-06-13 01:56:00 | The Kandalf is a series, not one case. Many different models, case front designs etc. | wratterus (105) | ||
| 677987 | 2008-06-13 03:05:00 | Did someone say Wind Tunnel (i13.photobucket.com) and Blue Cathode? (i13.photobucket.com) | SolMiester (139) | ||
| 677988 | 2008-06-13 03:39:00 | :lol: :lol: Show off! :p |
wratterus (105) | ||
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